Is Versus really showing some of Paris-Roubaix?
04-10-09, 09:49 AM
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Is Versus really showing some of Paris-Roubaix?
Look at https://www.versus.com/schedule and look at Sunday April 12 (choose "day" not primetime). It shows Paris-Roubaix at 5pm-7pm! Is this really true?
04-10-09, 09:54 AM
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Paul Sherwen confirmed that P-R will be in hi-def on VS.
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04-10-09, 10:14 AM
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In his twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulSherwen
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And it appears I spelled his last name wrong. I'll edit my post.
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Last week the LaCrosse game that was on before went into overtime and they just cut the Tour of Flanders show down to a smaller time slot. Hopefully that won't happen again.
It shows how much interest there is in cycling when a LaCroose game takes precedent.
It shows how much interest there is in cycling when a LaCroose game takes precedent.
04-10-09, 11:34 AM
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Thanks for the reminder to set my DVR
04-10-09, 12:02 PM
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sweet mutha......PR in HD....i just pee'ed my pants a little. i had the upstairs DVR set to record it, but now i am running down stairs to set the DVR in the HT to nab it. later.
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bd, who all are you following on twitter? shoot me some good ones. later.
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MF-ers! How dare they do this the month or so that I'll be without cable while my land lord figures something out with the cable company.
Anyone know of any online streaming?
Anyone know of any online streaming?
04-10-09, 12:48 PM
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Apparently the Tour de France will be in HD as well this year: https://twitter.com/joelfelicio/status/1492188449
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They've covered it every year for at least three years. What's the big surprise?
04-10-09, 10:37 PM
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I thought I saw something odd during the coverage of the Tour of Flanders last week. At a commercial break, they had a graphic about the Paris-Roubaix coverage starting at 4 pm Eastern. I was particularly interested, since that meant I might be able to watch the race before the family dinner. However, they later had a graphic listing the coverage beginning at 5 pm, which is also what Phil Liggett said on-air. The Versus website lists the coverage as being from 5 to 7 pm, but it may be worth recording that extra hour just in case.
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well, you need an HD receiver and HD service to view it in HD anyway and if you have HD service you probably get Versus in regular and HD channels. 256 and 717 for me.
04-11-09, 07:43 AM
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Yes, I know. But my question is: are they showing the same thing on their HD and non-HD channels at the saame time?
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My DirecTV guide shows them as the same.
04-11-09, 06:00 PM
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yes. just one is in HD and one is not. i am sure not all of the feed on the HD channel will be in HD. but i never seen an cycling HD production so cant say for sure. later.
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5-7pm? I thought it took more than 2 hours to cover all those cobbles....
Still, better than nothing (the other option up until a couple years ago). This, combined with NBC Universal's coverage of the Basque Country and I seem to be getting more cycling than baseball these days....can't complain about that.
Still, better than nothing (the other option up until a couple years ago). This, combined with NBC Universal's coverage of the Basque Country and I seem to be getting more cycling than baseball these days....can't complain about that.